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Pro-EU Or Pro-Trump? Romania Faces Decisive Choice In Vote

Romania has gained in strategic importance since 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine (Credit: AFP)

Pro-EU Romania is facing a possible foreign policy shift, with a far-right leader -- and fan of US President Donald Trump -- topping the first round of a tense election rerun and now up against a centrist mayor for president.

While politicians opposed to Trump's policies have won in Canada and Australia recently, George Simion, who leads the nationalist AUR party, came first on Sunday in Romania.

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